The Morris County Prosecutor's Office said via its Twitter feed that its Major Crimes Unit, the county sheriff's office's Criminal Investigations Section, the Lincoln Park Police Department, and the FBI were all taking part in the investigation. It had not yet provided any more information about the incident itself, or provided a subject description, but expected to release more information via Twitter as details became available.

Police have been investigating recent several bank robberies, possibly connected to one another, in Morris County. In several of the robberies, the robber was described as a well-dressed white man in his 20s or 30s, wearing some sort of hat.